A young woman died of amoebic encephalitis in Kozhikode. A 39-year-old woman from Koyilandy died of the disease. The young woman died this morning after being treated in the ICU of Kozhikode Medical College Hospital for the past one month. The young woman was given 5 drugs brought from abroad. Health workers are investigating the causes of the infection, including how it occurred.

Studies have shown that amoebic encephalitis can occur in two forms. They are primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, which causes the disease to worsen suddenly, and granulomas amoebic encephalitis, which causes the disease to worsen slowly. The mortality rate is 95 percent to 100 percent.

Amoebic encephalitis is not spread from one person to another. This amoeba can be found in all artificially stagnant water sources, including swimming pools. Therefore, it is essential that all stagnant water sources used by the public be properly chlorinated and cleaned according to protocol.

A tribal couple was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Aralam farm in Kannur. The deceased were identified as Velli and his wife Leela of Block 13.

The incident took place this evening. The elephant attacked them while they were collecting cashew nuts in their own field. Both were killed on the spot. Efforts have been started to shift the bodies to the taluk hospital.

Peravoor MLA Sunny Joseph said that it was a painful incident. He alleged that administrative permission was obtained to build an elephant wall using Scheduled Tribe funds in 2020 and that it could not be implemented as part of the slow-motion policy. He said that this is a situation where human lives are at stake. He also accused the forest department of not being active enough in the area.

Kochi: Two more Malayalis are remanded in the ED case of the Chinese instant loan scam. The Kochi PMLA court has also granted the Enforcement Directorate’s request to remand Kozhikode native Syed Mohammed and Fort Kochi native Varghese for four days.

The ED’s preliminary conclusion is that a fraud of Rs 1600 crore took place. In January, the ED had arrested 4 people from Tamil Nadu in connection with the case. Syed Mohammed and Varghese were the ones who obtained documents from ordinary people and prepared bank accounts for the fraud without their knowledge. The ED has concluded that the four accused who were arrested earlier transferred the money they had embezzled from several people through a loan app to Singapore and invested it in crypto.

Kochi: The High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of BJP leader P C George in the case of making hate speech during a channel discussion. The court rejected the anticipatory bail plea saying that anticipatory bail cannot be granted to P C George, who has been repeatedly making hate speech.

Earlier, the Kottayam District Sessions Court had also rejected the anticipatory bail plea in the case. Subsequently, the anticipatory bail plea was approached in the High Court. The bench of Justice Kunhikrishnan concluded the hearing the other day.

P C George’s argument was that he made a mistake in making the hate speech. P C George’s controversial remark was that Muslims in India are communalists and have killed thousands of Hindus and Christians. During a channel discussion, P C George had also said that Muslims should go to Pakistan.